Imagine condensing hours, days and even years of complex research into a short presentation while being judged by an expert panel and zoom room full of your peers and strangers. An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to read, they have 3 minutes.

Join us for an afternoon of smart entertainment and catch a glimpse of the amazing research projects that are being conducted by ANU PhD candidates.

Eleven finalists will wow you and the judges for the Virtual #ANU3MT 2020 crown, $5,000 in prize money and a place in the UQ Asia-Pacific grand final. We will ask you to cast your vote for the People's Choice award, the audience favourite will take home a $2,500 cash prize.

The 3MT is an international competition for research candidates to showcase their research. ANU is proud to host the largest final in the world! Come along to hear students share what their research is and why it is important in plain language for three minutes, with only a single PowerPoint slide.

#ANU3MT 2020 finalists

1. Nutsinee Kijbunchoo, School of Physics: “Catching the Waves in the Sea of Noise”.

2. Cynthia Parayiwa, School of Archaeology & Anthropology: “Weathering the womb”.

3. Anthony Leung, School of Physics: “Catching light to protect your privacy”.

4. Kathina Ali, School of Psychology: “What if you possessed a secret that could potentially kill you?”

5. Upama Aich, School of Biology: “Sex in the creek: Do Gambusia females mate with older males?”

6. Myra Mentari Abubakar, School of Culture, History and Languages: “In search of the female hero”.

7. Jessica Sharmin Rahman, School of Computer Science: Do you know how music makes you feel?

8. Claire Taylor, Research School of Biology: “What does love look like?”

9. Abhirat Supthanasup, School of Population Health: “Sharenting”.

10. Intifar Sadiq Chowdhury, School of Social Sciences: “The Culpable Youth?”

11. Elizabeth Miller, School of Psychology: “Fake people with real influence”.

Judges

• Professor Ian Anderson AO is the ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student and University Experience)

• Dr Marie-Louise Ayres is the Director-General of the National Library Australia.

• Dr Adam Bandt MP is the Federal Member for Melbourne and Leader of the Australian Greens.

• Katrina Fanning is the 2020 ACT Person of the Year.

• Karen Hardy is a journalist at The Canberra Times.

Proudly sponsored by the Dean, Higher Degree Research, and coordinated by Victoria Firth-Smith from the Researcher Development team.